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October 24, 2005 -- Looks like The Smith Campaign is the first out of the gate -- with a little help from some young friends.Instead of having their regular Monday meeting, Washington University Young Democrats…
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October 26, 2005 -- Members from Health and Environmental Justice St. Louis picketed in front of City Hall today before attempting to deliver to the mayor a progress report on the city's efforts in preventing…
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December 1, 2005 -- Fifty years ago today, a 42-year-old Southern black woman made a decision to no longer be a party to her own disrespect. Rosa Parks said “no” to the question of her…
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December 13, 2005 -- The St. Louis Board of Education tonight gave the go ahead to Superintendent Creg Williams' plan to revamp high schools and middle schools in St. Louis.Williams plans to create up to…
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by Peter DownsNovember 9, 2005 -- The regular monthly meeting of the St. Louis Board of Education, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was moved to Tuesday on a day's notice. Here are the highlights:>> In-School Suspension:…
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November 3, 2005 -- Jake Wagman is reporting that Alderman Jennifer Florida (15th Ward) is planning on introducing a bill at Friday's Board of Aldermen meeting that would make it harder to recall city aldermen.…
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November 16, 2005 -- At noon today on the corner of Olive and 7th streets downtown, Amy Jeannette stripped down to her panties and sat on the cold concrete to protest the treatment of circus…
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October 17, 2005 -- Kudos to the staff at Shaw Visual and Performing Arts Elementary School for moving away from group punishments, and for trying new techniques for maintaining order in the lunchroom, and kudos…
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Paul Begala, Democratic political strategist, President Bill Clinton's former campaign manager, and the former co-host of CNN's Crossfire, will be speaking at St. Louis University on Tuesday, December 6, at 7 p.m.An Evening with Paul…
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A Letter to the Editor from Helen Louise HerndonToday's leading editorial in the Post-Dispatch, a scathing criticism of the school district, is somewhat overdue. All along, its editors and commentary page editor refused any articles…
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